North East fest to focus on tourism, students' security

New Delhi: North East festival, a two-day event, will start in the capital on November 8 and the focus will be on culture and traditional heritage of the eight states as well as entrepreneurship and security of Northeastern students living in the capital.

"The highlight will be tourism, entrepreneurship, success, music and more. The event is aimed at highlighting stories of development of North East," Shyamkanu Mahanta, organizer-in-chief, said on Thursday at the announcement of the festival.

"Issues like students' security in Delhi will also be discussed, but nothing political. We will celebrate success of north east," he added.

The festival will be organized by Trend MMS in association with North East MP's Forum, North East image managers, Ministry of DoNER and Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA).

"Mary Kom (boxing Olympic medallist from Manipur) is actively involved. She will talk about her story and motivate people," said Mahanta.

The focus will be on Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim.